Proposed changes to securities legislation in Manitoba and select provinces may make equity crowdfunding a viable method for small and medium enterprises to raise business capital in Manitoba and throughout Canada. Recent proposals made by The Manitoba Securities Commission (“MSC”) have created two exemptions that would allow Manitoban businesses and investors to participate and benefit from crowdfunding in the same way that US companies are able to benefit under the JOBS Act in the United States. . Read more...

The purchase of Winnipeg’s premier office building, 201 Portage Avenue, located at the famed corner of Portage and Main, was closed May 29th, 2014, at a price that made it the largest office building real estate transaction in Winnipeg history. The purchasers - pension fund asset manager, Greystone Managed Investments Inc. and property owner/developer/manager, Harvard Developments Inc. - were represented by Rick Adams, Albina Moran, Erika Robson and Catherine Hamilton. Read more...

The shareholders of Wolf Trax Inc. , a privately held corporation that develops and distributes innovative plant nutrition products, sold all of that corporation’s shares to Compass Minerals for $95 million. The closing date of the transaction was April 1, 2014. Read more...